# OnParticipe vs Produzioni dal Basso

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, OnParticipe delivers about 4.95 more of every 100 donated than Produzioni dal Basso (€100.00 vs £95.05 per 100). Produzioni dal Basso stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while OnParticipe does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | OnParticipe | Produzioni dal Basso |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €100.00 | £95.05 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 3% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + €0.00 | 1.6% + £0.35 |
| Trustpilot | 3 (21) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 74 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | France | EEA |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 0 |

## Choose OnParticipe if

> French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.

- No commission on collections, so organisers keep the entire amount raised and ticket revenue.
- Designed and hosted in France, with French customer support available seven days a week.
- Funded by an optional donor tip rather than a mandatory platform charge.
- Systematic identity-document checks on organisers for fraud control.


## Choose Produzioni dal Basso if

> Italian associations, cultural and social projects, and start-ups that want a flexible, long-established platform with multiple funding models and optional co-financing, and that do not require international reach.

- Long-established (since 2005) generalist platform with broad project eligibility.
- Three funding modes: keep-it-all, all-or-nothing, and simple donation.
- Run by a benefit corporation; payments via PayPal and regulated Lemonway.
- Co-financing programs can unlock partner matching past a threshold.